Yes, just clone the drive forensically (bit by bit) then work with the dupe. 
You can use DD (free), or many other tools like it, or use a harddrive cloning 
rig. Always the safe choice to work on clones. ;)


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> On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Ajit Nair <ajitnair2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi jason,
> 
> Want to know , can i use a portable HD for the same purpose , can i make any 
> portable HD alike rather than experimenting in their unit.. 
> 
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>> On 14-Feb-2014, at 6:50 PM, Jason Belec <jasonbe...@belecmartin.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well if you connect the Solaris pool to your current system and import. You 
>> will know right away if it works. If not you can move up to the Mac-OSX 
>> development version and try assuming you understand and consent to the 
>> implications. I would recommend backups of your current data and the solaris 
>> data before you start experimenting. ;)
>> 
>> 
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>>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:09 AM, Ajit Nair <ajitnair2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can check the version of zfs in solaris and keep you posted about it .. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On 14-Feb-2014, at 5:33 PM, Jason Belec <jasonbe...@belecmartin.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Currently you would probably need the 'in-development' version of ZFS to 
>>>> read more advanced variants from Solaris. Unless its version 8 or older 
>>>> ZFS for Solaris which will be unlikely.
>>>> 
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>>>>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 5:40 AM, X Bytor <xby...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Ajit Nair <ajitnair2...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One of my client is using a solaris based storage , that storage is 
>>>>>> using ZFS filesystem . i want to know how can i mount the ZFS filesystem 
>>>>>> on a mac and see it as a HD to pull and push the data into it ..Looking 
>>>>>> forward for a solution ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> As far as I understand things, as long as your OS X ZFS version is 
>>>>> compatible with your Solaris ZFS version you're fine. If the OS X ZFS 
>>>>> version is too old (likely) you may have to do a NFS or SMB mount, both 
>>>>> of which are not optimal. Do let us know how things turn out regardless.
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